As provided by the IRC at 26 U.S.C.
5705, a manufacturer or importer is allowed credit or refund of the
Federal excise tax paid on tobacco products, cigarette papers, or
cigarette tubes withdrawn from the market when satisfactory proof
of the withdrawal is provided to the Secretary. Under this
authority, the TTB regulations prescribe the use of TTB F 5200.7 by
manufacturers or importers to identify tobacco products, cigarette
papers, or cigarette tubes to be withdrawn from the market and the
location of those articles. The form also documents the taxpayer’s
planned disposition of the articles (destroyed, reduced to
materials, or returned to bond), and TTB’s decision to witness or
not witness that disposition. Taxpayers file a completed TTB F
5200.7 to support their subsequent claim for credit or refund of
the excise taxes paid on the withdrawn articles. The information
collected on the form is necessary to protect the revenue; it
provides TTB with certain information needed to determine whether a
claim is valid.
US Code:
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USC 5705 Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
There are no program changes
associated with this collection. As for adjustments, TTB is
decreasing the estimated number of annual respondents, responses,
and burden hours associated with this information collection. This
is due, in part, to decreases in the number of tobacco industry
members and a trend toward consolidation of refund claims.
Additionally, better quality control and more efficient
distribution networks for tobacco products and cigarette papers and
tubes, as well as evolving industry practices regarding product
returns, have resulted in fewer articles being withdrawn from the
market. Finally, due to the electronic processing techniques now
available to TTB’s National Revenue Center, which processes the tax
credit, refund, and allowance claims that TTB F 5200.7 is filed in
support of, TTB is better able to estimate the burden associated
with this information collection. As a result of these factors, TTB
is decreasing the estimated number of annual respondents to this
information collection from 250 to 50, and is decreasing the
average number of annual responses per respondent from 12 to five.
As a result, TTB is decreasing the estimated annual burden hours
for this information collection from 2,250 hours to 187.5.
$1,250
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Jesse Longbrake 202
453-2265
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.